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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [114r] (227/749)
The record is made up of 1 file (373 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1942-8 Feb 1946. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA. With t , July 15, 1943* 1
SECRET.
State
Section 1.
[E 4098/110/34]
3
Copy No.
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received Voth July.)
C^fNo. 280.)
CJ *• HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 27 for the period of the 30th June
to the 5th July, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, §th July, 1943.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 27 for the Period the 30^ June to
the 5th July, 1943.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1. The coming elections are the mam topic of interest in the press. In
North Persia and in Isfahan political parties and candidates are active, but the
mass of the people seems to be generally apathetic and resigned to the belief
that the next Majlis will be of no greater benefit to them than the present. Blocks
of votes are reported to be already on sale. Agitation is being carried on for the
abolition of military governorships and the ban on political meetings, and political
parties, expecting that their opponents may attempt to break up their meetings
by force, are organising their own defensive bands. The Prime Minister has
instructed all Ministries to warn their employees that Government officials must
abstain from interference in the elections and from any attempt to influence their
course. Officials of the Ministry of the Interior, whose responsibility it has been
in the past to ensure that the Shah’s nominees were duly elected, are especially
warned that if they offend in these respects, they will be discharged and punished.
2. The Prime Minister has not yet filled the vacant posts of Minister of the
Interior and Minister of Justice. It is believed that he intends to retain the
former portfolio himself.
Economic.
3. The Majlis has passed a law authorising the engagement of six more
American advisers for Dr. Millspaugh.
4. The Majlis has sanctioned a credit of 500 million rials to the Ministry
of Food for the purchase of the harvest. See also Summary No. 26/43,
paragraph 5.
5 . Mr. Sheridan, the American adviser to the Ministry of Food, has
informed the Prime Minister that he does not wish to renew his contract, which
expires in September. He further recommends the abolition of the Ministry of
Food, which he considers to be no longer necessary owing to the plentiful harvest
1 | and the plans he has made to collect it, and the transfer of its functions to the
Ministry of Finance.
Persian Forces.
Army.
6 . The Majlis has passed a law authorising the Ministry for War to make
purchases in America of equipment for the army up to the value of 1^ million
dollars subject to the condition that payment is not made until after the
21 st March, 1945. This is in substitution of the Bill mentioned in Summary
No. 12/43, paragraph 7, which was wrongly reported therein as having been
approved by the Majlis.
[43—60]
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Copies of intelligence summaries prepared on a weekly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran, and received by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. via the Foreign Office. The file’s contents follow on chronologically from Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3503). The summaries cover a broad range of information relating to wartime conditions in Iran: the activities of the Iranian government, including political instabilities, the resignation and appointment of governments and government ministers; the financial situation in Iran, including the reappointment in 1942 and subsequent economic policies of Arthur Chester Millspaugh, who was recruited to organise the government’s finances; internal security in Iran, including increasing political unrest in the north of the country (specifically in Azerbaijan) brought about by a growing Soviet presence, wartime propaganda, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; concerns over wheat production and supply, including reports of food shortages and famine conditions in 1942/43; the Iran military, including its movements, activities and appointments; foreign interests (primarily USA, British, and Soviet); reports of the numbers of Polish refugees in camps in Tehran, Isfahan and Ahwaz [Ahvāz].
The file contains a single item in French, being a copy of the declaration of the Congrès National d’Azerbaidjan (Nation Congress of Azerbaijan, f 359).
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- 1 file (373 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 375; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 54r:104v, 106r:110v, 112r:192r, 193r:241v, 242v:261v, 262v:273r, 275r:339v, 341r:358v, 360r:360v, 362r:363r, 365r:369v, 370v:371r, 372v:374v, back
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